Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Mathematics Applied in Form

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The following steps show how the parameters are incorporated into formgiving. 47 profiles represent the 47 floors in the Gherkin. Controlling the radius change from one floor to the next was the biggest problem. The radii change was conceived as a parabolic relationship and was executed with embedded , conditional "if" statements to control when the parabola would inflect upward or downward.

THE PROOF IS IN THE NUMBERS


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